Integration monitor

Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

April 26, 2013

  • Lawyers of Latvian Human Rights Committee won three cases against the State Language Centre

 Vesti Segodnya reports about the court cases won by lawyers of an NGO Latvian Human Rights Committee (LHRC) against the State Language Centre. According to a representative of the LHRC Vladimirs Buzajevs, it is very rare when persons fined for violation of the State Language Law appeal the decision and the majority prefers just to pay the fine. In recent time, three cases were won by the LHRC lawyers in the first instance court. In one of the cases, the court ruled that the fact that the head of a small enterprise is not proficient in the state language for the highest proficiency level does not harm the legal interests of the society; and therefore, imposition of the fine is not justified. From year 2000 to 2011, the State Language Centre initiated 7,534 administrative cases. Only in 30 cases the decision was abolished and in 49 cases the procedure was terminated.

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